# std::wcspbrk

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Defined in header `<cwchar>` |  |
const wchar_t* wcspbrk( const wchar_t* dest, const wchar_t* src ); |  |
wchar_t* wcspbrk( wchar_t* dest, const wchar_t* src ); |  |

Finds the first character in wide string pointed to by dest, that is also in wide string pointed to by src.

### Parameters

dest | - | pointer to the null-terminated wide string to be analyzed
src | - | pointer to the null-terminated wide string that contains the characters to search for

### Return value

Pointer to the first character in dest, that is also in src, or a null pointer if no such character exists.

### Notes

The name stands for "wide character string pointer break", because it returns a pointer to the first of the separator ("break") characters.

### Example

Run this code

    #include <cwchar>
    #include <iomanip>
    #include <iostream>

    int main()
    {
        const wchar_t* str = L"Hello world, friend of mine!";
        const wchar_t* sep = L" ,!";

        unsigned int cnt = 0;
        do
        {
            str = std::wcspbrk(str, sep); // find separator
            std::wcout << std::quoted(str) << L'\n';
            if (str)
                str += std::wcsspn(str, sep); // skip separator
            ++cnt; // increment word count
        } while (str && *str);

        std::wcout << L"There are " << cnt << L" words\n";
    }

Output:

    " world, friend of mine!"
    ", friend of mine!"
    " of mine!"
    " mine!"
    "!"
    There are 5 words

### See also

wcscspn | returns the length of the maximum initial segment that consists of only the wide not found in another wide string (function)
wcschr | finds the first occurrence of a wide character in a wide string (function)
strpbrk | finds the first location of any character from a set of separators (function)
C documentation for wcspbrk

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